Overview
Please answer 3 of the following five questions. Each answer should be a minimum of 300 words.
1. Briefly explain Green’s argument in the article entitled No -Self in Buddhism. What does he mean that there is no self? Briefly summarize his argument. Do you agree with him? Why or why not? Please give reasons to support your claim.
2. John Hick argues that human beings are psychophysical persons. He believes a person can be resurrected through a divine act of recreation. How does he defend this position? Do you agree with Hick? Why or why not? Please provide reasons to support your claim.
3. Briefly explain how the body and brain got separated in Dennett’s story. How does this thought experiment challenge the view that a person is identical with his or her brain?
4. After reading all of the assigned articles for this module, in your own words, how would you define the self? How can the same person exist at different times? Please provide reasons to support your claim.
5. How much of your self-identity is formed through your interactions with other people? To what extent do you think your identity is determined by your culture and by family, friends and so on? Please give reasons to support your claim.